I am new to the forums, so I apologize if this isn't the correct place for my question.

I have a Beretta Model 92FS Vertec, Cal. 9MM Parabellum semi-auto that is supposedly from an ex-FBI agent. Anyway, the weapon is sweet and dead-on accurate. However, the trigger, to me, seems sluggish and requires more than normal pressure to engage. That is, if I cock the hammer and begin to squeeze the trigger, I am met with almost no resistance for the first half of the pull. Once I meet some resistance, I continue squeezing and it takes the trigger all the way to the back of the trigger guard before it finally clicks.

Assuming this makes any sense, what is the remedy for this? I'm not looking for a hair trigger response, but I am looking for something that doesn't require me to squeeze the trigger from front to back with so much pressure required. If the weapon is designed to be this way, please say so and I'll adjust. I have it for personal protection and occasional target practice.

Your Beretta 92 is a double action semiauto pistol, what you are describing is entirely within the normal range of operation. If you don't like the long double action trigger pull, get a single action pistol like a 1911, otherwise just shoot it and you will get used to it.

Doing a detailed strip & clean on them, however, isn't for the timid. They're excellent spring-launching devices, launching little springs across the room into other dimensions of time and space...

The trigger on the 92 sucks. Why? Well, look at any exploded view of one. They have to transfer the trigger squeeze back along the right side of the frame to the sear/hammer setup. When you look at the trigger linkage, you can see how it will become sloppy over time with wear.

I'd rate it a 7 for accuracy, a 4 for ergonomics and a 2 for ease of maintenance.

Your Beretta 92 is a double action semiauto pistol, what you are describing is entirely within the normal range of operation. If you don't like the long double action trigger pull, get a single action pistol like a 1911, otherwise just shoot it and you will get used to it.

Actually, the OP posted that he was starting with the hammer cocked in SA mode.

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